You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

The animal kingdom contains a vast array of animals capability of remarkable regenerative abilities, but known are quite as ...

While the jellyfish and sea anemone are awake, DNA damage accumulates in their nerve cells and when they doze, that damage is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE NATURAL HABITAT of Cassiopea andromeda in the Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat. (photo credit: Meron Segev) A new study from the ...

A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones were the first to present one of sleep’s core functions. They don’t snore, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only in ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only in the past few years, don’t need one to sleep. The animals do, however, ...

Brainless upside-down jellyfish, like this one in its natural habitat near Eilat, Israel, spend about one-third of their time asleep. Gil Koplovitch Why do animals—including humans—sleep? This ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - It turns out sleeping isn’t just about resting your eyes, as a new study found that even ancient creatures without eyes — or even brains — need it too. A study published in ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet still gives rise to a kaleidoscope of different cell types and tissues. A ...

Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs. The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis ...